The dawn came too soon, bleeding soft light through the heavy curtains of Kieran’s study, but no one in the packhouse had slept. The night after Kieran’s return had been restless and tense, filled with the quiet hum of warriors preparing for something none of them dared name aloud—war.Aria stood at the long table with Rafe, Thorne, Mira, Miranda, and Victoria gathered around her. The map spread across the surface was riddled with red pins, each one marking rogue movements spotted along the northern borders. Every few minutes, another warrior came in, reported something grim, and left again, the air growing heavier with each word.Kieran sat at the head of the table, pale but alert, his jaw tight. The wounds had closed but still burned under the bandages. The silver left scars that refused to heal properly, an ugly reminder of how close he had come to dying. Yet he looked every bit the Alpha again, his authority rolling through the room like heat.
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